U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000
 
Earnings Income of Units 65 or Older
Table 5.B5
Recipients, by quintiles of total money income and marital status
Earnings (dollars) All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 33.4 26.5 10.6 7.1 3.1 30.4 9.2 8.8 5.8 1.6 38.8 27.9 17.1 5.7 4.4
1,000-1,999 13.9 6.5 6.4 3.1 0.8 10.5 6.0 3.1 1.5 0.2 7.4 13.0 6.6 5.0 2.0
2,000-2,999 12.8 9.2 4.4 3.3 1.2 8.6 2.7 4.4 0.9 2.0 12.8 11.8 8.4 4.2 1.4
3,000-3,999 11.9 10.5 4.4 2.7 1.5 5.3 3.6 3.1 2.6 1.1 12.1 13.5 13.2 3.2 1.6
4,000-4,999 2.8 6.4 7.1 2.6 0.5 6.5 4.2 1.2 0.9 0.2 1.1 3.0 8.4 6.3 3.1
5,000-5,999 6.0 8.4 9.4 2.8 1.1 4.0 8.0 3.7 2.2 0.4 7.7 7.6 11.6 8.7 1.4
6,000-6,999 12.9 6.2 5.4 3.3 1.8 4.6 3.1 5.2 2.9 1.7 17.9 5.3 8.0 6.5 1.1
7,000-7,999 2.2 3.8 6.3 4.7 0.9 3.6 7.9 5.1 2.4 0.4 2.3 2.1 5.9 5.9 1.6
8,000-8,999 3.3 2.9 7.5 5.7 1.2 3.8 10.8 7.1 2.4 0.8 0 5.2 3.7 6.5 1.7
9,000-9,999 0.9 5.8 4.5 2.8 1.0 4.0 4.7 3.0 1.6 0.4 0 5.6 1.6 6.7 1.6
10,000-10,999 0 6.4 6.2 5.5 2.1 5.3 6.7 5.3 3.0 1.8 0 5.0 2.4 8.0 3.3
11,000-11,999 0 3.8 3.2 2.3 0.6 2.7 2.0 1.4 1.3 0.2 0 0 4.7 5.3 1.3
12,000-12,999 0 3.0 3.7 5.5 2.1 4.6 5.1 4.2 3.4 2.2 0 0 2.1 4.1 3.0
13,000-13,999 0 0 2.8 2.3 0.9 0.8 1.7 2.4 2.0 0.7 0 0 0 3.5 1.1
14,000-14,999 0 0.6 2.2 4.6 1.9 0.8 4.6 5.1 3.0 1.6 0 0 0 1.5 2.9
15,000-19,999 0 0 13.1 14.5 5.0 4.6 12.8 13.2 9.9 2.6 0 0 6.4 13.9 9.7
20,000-24,999 0 0 2.8 12.5 5.7 0 3.4 12.3 9.6 2.5 0 0 0 4.8 11.9
25,000-29,999 0 0 0 6.8 6.7 0 3.5 5.2 11.1 2.3 0 0 0 0 9.5
30,000-34,999 0 0 0 5.6 8.3 0 0 5.2 11.3 6.5 0 0 0 0 7.5
35,000-39,999 0 0 0 2.4 6.5 0 0 1.0 10.6 2.0 0 0 0 0 7.1
40,000-44,999 0 0 0 0 6.7 0 0 0 4.4 5.1 0 0 0 0 6.8
45,000-49,999 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 2.8 5.9 0 0 0 0 2.4
50,000-54,999 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 2.7 6.6 0 0 0 0 2.1
55,000-59,999 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 1.0 4.2 0 0 0 0 1.7
60,000-64,999 0 0 0 0 3.6 0 0 0 0.5 5.8 0 0 0 0 1.4
65,000-69,999 0 0 0 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 1.5
70,000-74,999 0 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 1.3
75,000-99,999 0 0 0 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 11.8 0 0 0 0 0.7
100,000-149,999 0 0 0 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 14.2 0 0 0 0 1.7
150,000-199,999 0 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 1.8
200,000 or more 0 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 0 0 1.5
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 1,979 3,472 7,035 12,172 36,669 2,993 8,152 11,114 21,806 55,619 1,972 2,165 4,314 8,407 22,017
Number (thousands) 201 359 815 1,536 2,764 301 391 668 1,006 1,372 78 127 218 468 1,046
NOTE: Quintile limits are $9,295, $14,980, $23,631, and $39,719 for all units; $17,877, $26,641, $37,440, and $60,015 for married couples; and $7,616, $10,723, $15,308, and $24,394 for nonmarried persons.